Guides for land buyers
Plain answers on searches, title deeds, payments and buying from abroad.
Title deeds ·
6 min read
How to do a land search in Kenya
What an official search tells you, how to run one on Ardhisasa for about KES 500, and what to check before you pay a shilling.
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- 4 min read Freehold vs leasehold: what you are actually buying
- 5 min read How instalment plans work, with worked examples
- 8 min read Buying land in Kenya from abroad, step by step
- 5 min read 7 red flags of land fraud, and how to spot them
- 6 min read How a chama can buy land together
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Building
7 min read
What you can build on a 1/8-acre plot
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Diaspora
4 min read
Sending money home safely to buy land
- 5 min read How to replace a lost title deed
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Buying basics
6 min read
Juja or Kitengela: where to buy under KES 2M